BioShock Is Coming to iOS Later This Year

Can you hear it? Rapture is calling, and it's almost time to go back. Soon you'll be able to visit the failed objectivist paradise under the waves in BioShock on your iOS device, according to the official 2K games Twitter account. The game, which debuted on PC in 2007, is expected to reach the App Store before the end of 2014, but pricing is unknown.

Can you hear it? Rapture is calling, and it's almost time to go back. Soon you'll be able to visit the failed objectivist paradise under the waves in BioShock on your iOS device, according to the official 2K games Twitter account. The game, which debuted on PC in 2007, is expected to reach the App Store before the end of 2014, but pricing is unknown. If it's anything like 2K's other premium titles $10-15 is the most likely price.

BioShock, in case you're not aware, is a first-person shooter that takes place in the ruins of an underwater city called Rapture. As far as settings for video games go, Rapture is one of the most fascinating and hauntingly beautiful that have ever been conceived. Rapture was built by a business magnate by the name Andrew Ryan in the 1940s, but but the time you visit the city in the 1960s, things have fallen apart after a class war has broken out.

There are an assortment of weapons scattered around Rapture, but you'll also find the means to genetically enhance yourself with so-called Plasmids. With the right genetic tweaks, you can launch lightning or fire from your fingertips, but that might not be enough to stop the Big Daddies. The Big Daddy is one of the most recognizable characters from modern gaming history—heavily modified humans who have been grafted into massive armored diving suits with an overwhelming drive to protect the uber-creepy "little sisters." Yeah, Rapture is a strange place.

BioShock was certainly a beautiful game in 2007, and it still looks pretty good now. The iOS version might have to be scaled back a touch because of the maximum download size on the App Store. The story remains one of the most excellent told in gaming, with twists and turns you'll never see coming. The iOS port should support controllers as well as on-screen controls.

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